NAME¶

imgtool - MESS media image manipulation tool

SYNOPSIS¶

imgtool create format image [option ...]
imgtool dir format image [path]
imgtool get format image file [newname] [--filter=filter] [--fork=fork]
imgtool put format image file ... [newname] [option ...] [--filter=filter] [--fork=fork]
imgtool getall format image [path] [--filter=filter]
imgtool del format image file ...
imgtool mkdir format image directory
imgtool rmdir format image directory ...
imgtool readsector|writesector format image track head sector file
imgtool identify image
imgtool listformats|listfilters
imgtool listdriveroptions format

DESCRIPTION¶

imgtool is a tool for the maintenance and manipulation of disk and other types of images that MESS users need to deal with. Functions include retrieving and storing files and CRC checking and validation. Image files can also be within .zip files.

OPTIONS¶

create

Creates and image. Optional, image-specific parameters can be specified, see imgtool listdriveroptions command for a full list.

dir

Lists the contents of an image.

get

Gets a single file from an image. A filter can be specified to convert custom file formats to ASCII, see imgtool listfilters command for a full list. File can optionally be renamed.

put

Puts file(s) on an image (wildcards and rename supported). Filters are supplied to convert ASCII files to custom file formats, see imgtool listfilters command for a full list.

getall

Gets all files off an image. Filters can be specified to convert custom file formats to ASCII, see imgtool listfilters command for a full list.

del

Deletes a file on an image.

mkdir

Create a directory on an image.

rmdir

Delete directories on an image.

readsector

Extract content of a single sector from an image to a file.

writesector

Write file content to a specific sector on an image.

identify

Try to recognize the format of an image file.

listformats

Lists all image file formats supported by imgtool.

listfilters

Lists all filters supported by imgtool. Filters are a mean to process data being written into or read out of an image in a certain way.

listdriveroptions

Lists all format-specific options for imgtool put and imgtool create commands.

EXAMPLES¶

imgtool dir coco_jvc_rsdos myimageinazip.zip

imgtool get coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk myfile.bin mynewfile.txt

imgtool getall coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk

SEE ALSO¶

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